Just like when the begonias were interrogated, almost all the people in the harem were there. When Yu Yuqing and his entourage arrived at Fengcheng Palace, they saw Chanjuan kneeling in the hall at a glance.

"Ladies and gentlemen,"

When the queen saw that people were almost here, she said in a deep voice, "Today, the palace summoned everyone to come here so that everyone can observe a case. ”

After speaking, she glanced at Concubine Shu, and Concubine Shu understood, so she recounted to everyone what she saw at Xu Cairen that day.

On the top of the main hall, there was a lot of discussion immediately, causing a lot of commotion.

"Do you understand?"

The queen asked, "Xu Cairen's illness is not born, but man-made. The murderer is meticulous and has very good means, if he hadn't been unintentionally exposed, I'm afraid everyone would never have imagined in this life that there would be such an ingenious way to harm people in the world. ”

"Is the murderer this palace maid?"

Jingcairen looked at Chanjuan, who was pale, and couldn't believe it: Didn't the pillow be sent by Concubine Zhi?

Why is the murderer this palace maid again?

The queen nodded: "Exactly." She is the palace maid in charge of spices in the Zhi Concubine Palace, and she has a great opportunity to do her hands and feet on the weaving thread, so Xu Cairen's pillow will have a problem. ”

There was another heated discussion in the palace.

"But why would a palace maid harm Xu Cairen?"

Hua Jieyu doubted.

"The slave didn't harm Xu Cairen,"

Chanjuan suddenly raised her head, her expression was stern, and her words were righteous, "The slave and maid have already said that the slave and maid are wronged, and it is clear that the hands and feet of the concubine and the concubine are wrong, and now that the matter is revealed, she will put the blame on the slave and maid." ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at Concubine Zhi, who had a gloomy face, and saw that she was so angry that her face was flushed and her whole body was trembling, as if she couldn't even use the strength to defend herself.

However, everyone looked at each other, and saw that the expressions of others were the same as themselves: it turned out that everyone would rather believe that Concubine Zhi was the murderer than Chanjuan.

"You still want to quibble?"

The queen said angrily, "Have you forgotten what you said the night before on the edge of the blue pool? ”

When Chanjuan heard this, her face changed suddenly.

"At that time, it was the dead of night, and you naturally thought that no one heard you, but you didn't know that after Xu Cairen's matter was revealed, someone found out that you were proficient in spices, so they became suspicious of you, and they kept following you."

"Someone" as the queen said

Of course, it refers to the Linlang who secretly sped on the Chihua Palace that day.

Since Xing Ruolan reported to the queen that Chanjuan was suspicious, she sent someone to secretly monitor Chanjuan day and night, until the day before yesterday finally revealed her flaws.

"I don't know what Chanjuan said?"

Su Meiren exclaimed.

"Chanjuan, do you remember?"

The queen said slowly.

Chanjuan closed her mouth tightly and did not speak, but her face became more and more ugly.

"Well, since you don't want to say it, then the palace will say it for you, and let everyone present listen to see if Chanjuan is the murderer."

So the queen nodded at Xiazhu, who was beside her, and Xiazhu took a step forward and said in a clear voice: "The slave received a report that the night before, Chanjuan quietly arrived at Bibo Pond, looked around to see that there was no one, and then took out a little paper money and secretly lit it, and then said: Linghua, Linghua, I didn't mean to kill you, don't come to me if you become a ghost!" At the beginning, I heard that you were not happy on an errand in Chaoyang Palace, so I deliberately approached you, and then pleaded with you for not being good to Xu Cairen, and you really often made her angry. I thought that you would be happy and comfortable with this, but I really didn't expect that the concubines would find out about it, and even kidnap you for this reason, and even put you to death in the end, and even died with your three sisters. Linghua, I really didn't expect that you would lose your life because of my words. But I only want to hurt Xu Huaiying alone, and she is the only one to deal with, don't blame me for causing you! Linghua, in the future, Qingming Zhongyuan will be jealous of life and death, I will definitely give you more paper money, I hope God will bless you to be reincarnated into a good family as soon as possible. Niangniang, that's what Chanjuan said at that time. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard it: Could it be that there is any grievance between Chanjuan and Xu Cairen?

Isn't it really Concubine Zhi who did it?

"How? You are bent on harming Xu Cairen, and when the matter is exposed, you want to frame your master, right? Although you have a clear conscience and know that you are sorry for Linghua, but unfortunately, after all, the paper can't contain the fire, and you still expose yourself. ”

The queen sighed.

"Is Niangniang so sure, isn't Concubine Zhi Niangniang instructing the slave to harm Xu Cairen?"

Chanjuan suddenly retorted.

"You ......"

Concubine Zhi couldn't hold back any longer, "Pow"

jumped up and said with a cry, "Chanjuan, Chanjuan, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to frame me like this?" You ask yourself, how did I ever neglect you during my days at Chihua Palace? You say, you say! ”

Concubine Zhi hated to kick Chanjuan over to relieve her anger, but was stopped by Cuiyan.

"Xiuzhi, calm down."

The queen sighed.

Chanjuan still looked unmoved: "A slave and a palace maid, what kind of deep hatred can you have with the masters of each palace?" Let's ask the slave maid who is in the palace, and it is too late to live in peace, how can she get into these incidents for no reason? If it weren't for someone instigating it, how could a slave and a maid take such a big risk to do such a murderous thing? Do the masters think the slaves and maids will be so stupid? Besides, the slave and maid can't fight Xu Cairen, so where is the reason to harm her? ”

"This ......"

Everyone looked at each other, and after thinking about it, they all felt that Chanjuan's words were reasonable.

Concubine Zhi never expected Chanjuan to be so cunning and eloquent, and she transferred the suspicion back to her in a few words, so angry that she almost fainted.

The queen, Shun Zhaoyi, and Concubine Shu also looked at each other, and couldn't help frowning, feeling that things had changed so far, and they were not expected at all.

When he was embarrassed, he suddenly heard a shout outside the door: "How can you have no reason?" ”

"Huaiying?"

Shun Zhaoyi was the first to shout.

The person who came was really Xu Cairen, I saw her panting, and she entered the hall with the support of the maid, and ran all the way to Chanjuan.

"Huaiying, you said that you would come to the trial later today, and you want to figure out some things, have you found anything now?"

The queen stood up.

Xu Cairen exhaled, calmed his breath, and then nodded heavily: "The concubine transferred Chanjuan's resume in the Inner Service Province, please check it out." ”

Someone immediately handed it to the queen, and the queen opened the page and looked at it, and then said: "It turns out that Chanjuan is the daughter of a criminal minister, and she was convicted of being a maid in the palace?" ”

"No wonder Chanjuan entered the palace at the age of fourteen."

Xing Ruolan finally came to her senses.

"That's right, this is the reason why Chanjuan poisoned her concubines."

Xu Cairen said slowly, she looked at Chanjuan, but she looked helpless and regretful.

"Why?"

Concubine Zhi wondered and stood up.

Xu Cairen walked around to Chanjuan, and then looked at everyone: "Chanjuan's real name is Hong Yi, and she is the daughter of Hongli, the assassin of Youzhou. Because Hong Li was executed for corruption and bribery three years ago, and the whole family was also affected, Hong Yi entered the palace as a palace maid. ”

"You ......"

Chanjuan jumped up and glared at Xu Cairen fiercely, "So what?" ”

"How?"

Xu Cairen sighed, his face full of sadness, "Chanjuan, you are avenging your father, right?" ”

When Chanjuan heard this, her eyes immediately turned red, and she bit her lower lip and couldn't speak.

"What do you mean by that?"

The queen wondered.

"Chanjuan, when did you know that your father was killed because he was played by his father, and even caused disaster to the whole family?"

Xu Cairen stared at Chanjuan and said.

Everyone was shocked.

Chanjuan raised her head suddenly, the skin on her face was trembling violently, and her gaze was like a sharp blade, shooting straight at Xu Cairen.

She said coldly, word by word: "When did you know?" ”

Xu Cairen's eyes dimmed, and he said slowly: "I also learned that you entered the palace before you were old, presumably because someone in the family was convicted, so you must have been demoted to a family of eunuchs." My father is a doctor of imperial history, and he specializes in participating in illegal things, so he naturally offends a lot of officials on weekdays. I'm just guessing that since you're bent on me, you must have something to do with my father. You saw that I was also in the palace, so you wanted to take revenge on me. With this in mind, I will go to the Inner Chamberlain to check your file. As soon as I saw Hong Li's name, I suddenly remembered that I was still at home at the time, and I had heard my father mention this person. Because Hong Li's corruption and bribery are not small, and his official position is not low, my father attaches great importance to this matter, and it takes a long time to investigate it, so I will listen to my father often talk about this matter. After that, I asked someone to check the details of Hongli, and as expected. Chanjuan, am I a little wrong? ”

There was a brief silence.

"I see, so it was."

After a long time, Concubine Zhi sighed and looked at Chanjuan in disbelief.

"Am I wrong?"

Seeing that Chanjuan was just crying silently and not speaking, Xu Cairen took a step closer and asked gently.

"That's smart!"

Chanjuan suddenly showed a wry smile, "She is worthy of being the daughter of the Imperial Doctor, but she is also familiar with it, and she can even think of this layer." ”

Xu Cairen only sighed heavily.

Shun Zhaoyi shook his head lightly: "So, do you admit that you poisoned Xu Cairen?" ”

Chanjuan looked up at her, and suddenly said loudly: "Now that the matter is now, I have nothing more to say." Yes, it's all my idea. ”